deliver everything that the department was looking for: ability to track of the state’s 31 million drivers’ licenses and 38 million vehicle registrations. By 1993‚ after $45 million dollars had already been spent‚ the project was canceled. The San Francisco Chronicle described the situation as "an unworkable system that could not be fixed without the expenditure of millions more." According to a special report issued by DMV‚ the primary reason for redeveloping this application was the adoption new technology
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Best Quarterback in NFL History. Brett Favre is the best quarterback of all time‚ and I can prove it. Some argue that Brett Favre is the greatest because of his NFL records in wins‚ passing touchdowns‚ passing yards and consecutive starts. These records are the foundation of Favre’s case as the best‚ but let’s take a look and find out why Favre is really the best. Brett Favre’s interception record is the argument that kills Favre. The reason why Favre isn’t the greatest‚ right? Wrong. When
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Initiative‚ 2006). Their adult life will then last for approximately 3 weeks consisting of sipping on nectar from thistles‚ mints‚ and other flowers‚ mating and laying eggs (Hautala). This species of butterflies used to be abundant all over the San Francisco Bay region (The Butterfly Conservation Initiative‚ 2006). The butterfly is now only known to have populations in the San Bruno Mountains‚ about 10mi south of the bay‚ and in an undisclosed city park in Alameda (U.C. Berkley‚ 1997). Since the greater
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NFL scouts. Rather than playing professional football right away‚ Kenny Washington turned to coaching. He coached the UCLA freshman for a short time. Washington then played four seasons of semi-professional football for the Hollywood Bears and San Francisco Clippers. In 1946‚ the NFL finally lifted its race ban and Kenny Washington was signed by the Los Angeles Rams. According to biography.com‚ Kenny Washington averaged 6.1 yards per carry over his 3 reasons with the Rams. He ran for a 92-yard touchdown
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Bowl games. They are tied with the Pittsburgh Steelers‚ Denver Broncos and New England Patriots for their Super Bowl appearances. Their five wins put them in second place‚ only behind Pittsburgh’s record six wins. The Cowboys’ main rivals‚ the San Francisco 49ers‚ are tied for second place with them. They won Super Bowl championships in the seasons of 1971‚ 1977‚ 1992‚ 1993 and 1995. Dallas’s first win came in the 1971 season‚ in Super Bowl VI in New Orleans‚ Louisiana. On January 16‚ 1972‚ they
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Spanish Conquistador‚ Hernán Cortés‚ obtained "Santa Cruz Island"(Modern Baja California)‚ for Spain in 1535. Later Spanish explorer‚ Francisco de Ulloa‚ under the commission of Hernán Cortés‚ surveyed the west coast of modern Mexico and Baja California Peninsula‚ leading to the belief in an Island of California. Portuguese surveyor‚ Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo‚ was the first to explore the California coast‚ traveling from San Diego to Pt. Reyes in 1542; he too believed in an Island of California. “Island
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The completion in Major League Baseball has been greatly imbalanced since the strike shortened season of 1994. Competitive balance should exist when there are no clubs chronically weak because of Major League Baseball’s structural features. Proper competitive balance will not exist until every well-run club has a regularly recurring reasonable hope of reaching postseason play which is parity. One of the primary reasons for the competitive imbalance that does occur in Major League Baseball is difference
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oppressed woman fighting for independence‚ whereas “Victorion” is just too cartoony to take seriously. “Victorion; Protector of the Mission” was done by Sirron Norris in 2001. The mural is located in Balmy alley in San Francisco. The mural depicts a fantasy version of San Francisco‚ with a giant robot made of Victorian houses protecting small business owners from big dot com companies from taking over the neighborhood. Allison Sprague describes the robot as crushing the “hipsters‚” cafés‚ and other
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Magellan was educated from then on‚ becoming interested in geography and astronomy‚ thus in 1496 he became a squire. In the year 1505 Magellan would get his first taste of the sea‚ at the age of 20. He was sent to India to install Portuguese viceroy Francisco de Almeida‚ as well as establish naval bases along the way. As it turns out‚ Magellan also had his first combat experience on this mission. A local king refused to pay a tribute to the king‚ and as such Magellan and Almeida ’s party attacked‚ conquering
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For example‚ San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick‚ refuses to stand for the National Anthem during a preseason game with the Green Bay Packers (ijr). Also during the playing of the National Anthem at 2016 Super Bowl‚ Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newtown failed
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